Diabetes is hard, and the mental stresses of managing it is often under-acknowledged. Liz and Amy are joined by fellow diabetic and clinical psychologist Dr. Mike Fulop to talk about mental health and diabetes. Ever wonder what the difference between burnout, diabetes distress, diabetes depression, and depression are? Did you even know those were all things? Dr. Fulop discusses the importance of having a vocabulary to describe your mental health struggles and offers some general suggestions for reframing them. Self-compassion and setting achievable goals is key, and sometimes “good enough” is the absolute goal. And don’t forget to treat yourself with the same grace and compassion we show others who are struggling.
Links:
Link to the diabetes distress test discussed: https://diabetesdistress.org/t1-dds-questions
Description of different types of diabetes distress: https://diabetesdistress.org/t1-dds-outro
Behavioral Diabetes Institute https://behavioraldiabetes.org/
Self-compassion resources:
Section 10 of this paper https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/44/11/2589
Definition of Self Compassion: https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/
Here is a test people can take to look at their level of self-compassion: https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-test/
Please feel free to join the wonderful diabetes communities on Reddit and Discord.
r/diabetes subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes/
r/Diabetes discord: https://discord.gg/diabetes
Diabetes is hard, and the mental stresses of managing it is often under-acknowledged. Liz and Amy are joined by fellow diabetic and clinical psychologist Dr. Mike Fulop to talk about mental health and diabetes. Ever wonder what the difference between burnout, diabetes distress, diabetes depression, and depression are? Did you even know those were all things? Dr. Fulop discusses the importance of having a vocabulary to describe your mental health struggles and offers some general suggestions for reframing them. Self-compassion and setting achievable goals is key, and sometimes “good enough” is the absolute goal. And don’t forget to treat yourself with the same grace and compassion we show others who are struggling.
Links:
Link to the diabetes distress test discussed: https://diabetesdistress.org/t1-dds-questions
Description of different types of diabetes distress: https://diabetesdistress.org/t1-dds-outro
Behavioral Diabetes Institute https://behavioraldiabetes.org/
Self-compassion resources:
Section 10 of this paper https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/44/11/2589
Definition of Self Compassion: https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/
Here is a test people can take to look at their level of self-compassion: https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-test/
Please feel free to join the wonderful diabetes communities on Reddit and Discord.
r/diabetes subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes/
r/Diabetes discord: https://discord.gg/diabetes